Kimi Räikkönen, 11th: “We had the speed today and we could easily have gone through to the final session with another run, but we thought it was... read more »

Lotus' trackside operations director Alan Permane is confident that his team's E20 has race pace, they just need a "normal" race to show it.. read more »

Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean took to the track for the first practice sessions of 2012 today, with variable weather affecting the opening day of the Australian Grand Prix... read more »

Pirelli's aggressive choice of tyre compounds this year will open up the possibility of more varied strategies from teams, reckons Lotus trackside operations director Alan... read more »

Feb.21 (GMM) 1980 world champion Alan Jones has backed Caterham's decision to dump Jarno Trulli. Despite having extended the Italian veteran's contract for 2012,... read more »

1980 world champion Alan Jones has backed Caterham’s decision to replace Jarno Trulli with Vitaly Petrov. Despite having extended the Italian veteran’s... read more »

Lotus’ trackside operations director, Alan Permane says that Kimi Raikkonen demonstrated he is an exceptional talent almost immediately after he first stepped into a... read more »

Lotus trackside operations director Alan Permane feels the reliability of the E20 was one of the major positives for the team during first pre-season test... read more »

Lotus F1 Team had quite a positive test at Jerez, and looking back on that, Alan Permane could not agree more. While the team will bring chassis Nr2 to Barcelona, car #1 showed... read more »

Lotus trackside operations director, Alan Permane, admits that after Jerez the atmosphere within the team is buoyant. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has already made a good impression on everyone at Lotus F1, according to trackside operation director, Alan Permane. read more »

Lotus trackside operations director Alan Permane said that the reliability of the E20 allowed the team to work on performance during the first test at Jerez read more »

Feb.8 (GMM) Bernie Ecclestone is not harming formula one with his planned expansion to even more new venues. That is the view of 1980 world champion Alan Jones. F1 chief... read more »

Feb.8 (GMM) Alan Jones is not ruling out a Williams resurgence in 2012, despite his former championship-winning team slumping to its worst-ever result last season. Australian... read more »

Lotus' Alan Permane admits he was pleasantly surprised by Kimi Raikkonen's performance on his first day back in F1... read more »

Lotus's trackside operations director Alan Permane said Kimi Raikkonen proved on his first day back in a Formula 1 cockpit that his return to grand prix racing can be a... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen will be paying a visit to the Lotus factory in Enstone this week for a seat fitting, according to BBC F1 journalist Andrew Benson. Benson posted a message on... read more »

Former racing driver Alan van der Merwe is hopeful that a Formula 1 race in native South Africa will be possible in the near future, with the nation’s last Grand Prix... read more »

"We are struggling on the medium compound as shown by both Bruno and Vitaly going around 1.5 to 2 seconds quicker on the soft tyre," admits Alan Permane. read more »

For 19 weekends across an F1 season, the attention rests on the shoulders of 24 particular drivers at a Grand Prix race track. But what of the unsung heroes, driving... read more »

Former World Champion Alan Jones will make his 2011 season debut as a race steward at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix... read more »

Former world champion Alan Jones will be the FIA driver steward during this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

1980 World Champion Alan Jones will be the driver representative steward for what is likely to be the title-deciding Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka this weekend. read more »

Alan Permane has been promoted to Track Operations Director by Lotus Renault after the departure of Steve Nielsen... read more »

Lotus Renault GP look ahead to a Japanese revival whilst revealing news of a promotion for Alan Permane. read more »